Daniel is the Assistant Director and he is so nice and helpful! He made sure I was in the right group so I could choose the Theatre Spanish class that we are required to take to keep our language skills up.
Patricio is a theatre buff and is always recommending theatre to me. I love him.
Darío is my academic advisor and has read all my frantic emails about which classes I want to take, how hard they will be and gave me real reviews of all the professors that I was thinking about taking classes with, because he went to UBA and knows everything!
Mario is the head. He chatted with us everyday during orientation from everything to host families, Argentine food to walking in the parks at night and which taxi company to call. This weekend we're going to chill at his house in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. This trip is included in our program fees--and I'm stoked.
The IFSA office is like our second home. These men know us ALL by name (there are 150 of us), as they did the first day of orientation, and always offer their help for any "dudas" we might have. I would highly recommend this program to anyone thinking about going abroad! IFSA Buenos Aires!
I think I finally decided which classes I'm taking:
Castellano -Teatro (the mandatory spanish refresher course)
Seminario del teatro de Samuel Beckett (seminar on beckett--famous playwright!)
Historía del Teatro Universal (hard UBA class, totally worth it--I love all 4 hours of lecture about theatre theory!)
Plástica y Visión: Anatomía (figure drawing class!)
Hopefully everything will turn out well! I realized yesterday that this is the first semester that I am actually a Theatre Major. It feels great and so, so right. I guess I'm lucky I found what makes me so happy--its unfortunate that its a field that millions of people also love and strive so hard to be a part of.
I should've been a woodworker.
Enjoy Colonia!!! Are you taking the Buquebus across the water?
ReplyDeleteI'm warning you: the theme song, though catchy at first... never... stops. Seth and I were singing it for the rest of our trip. You will soon know what I'm talking about.
Make sure you bring your thermos for mate refills! :)
Miss ya!
j (& s)
dear Alyson:
ReplyDeleteI do notknowisyou got my first message , so I am repeating: You are so brave and your parents are to be commented for all they do for you and your brother. You are a lucky gal
Sister therese
risk is a small price for the sweet taste of fulfillment.
ReplyDeleteim so glad that you are learning in spanish
and i can't wait to see your first mortise and tenon
¡tu puedes!
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